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那覇市立病院
Say “Naha Shiritsu Byoin”, or show the driver 那覇市立病院. It is a minute’s walk from Shiritsu Byoin-mae station on the Yui Rail monorail that runs up from Naha Airport through the city; Naha Bus routes 11 and 333 stop at the same name outside the gate.
Naha Shiritsu Byoin. The monorail station and the bus stop outside are both 市立病院前, Shiritsu Byoin-mae.
- TypePublic — the City of Naha’s own hospital, run as a local incorporated administrative agency, and a designated community medical support hospital
- BedsAbout 470
- Address2-31-1 Furujima, Naha, Okinawa 902-8511, Japan
- Switchboard+81 98 884 5111
- Emergency room+81 98 887 1199
- International Medical Support Office, English and Chinese+81 98 884 5111
- Websitenahacity-hospital.jp
- HoursOutpatient reception weekdays 8:00 to 16:00, with morning registration closing at 11:00; emergency reception from 17:00 on weekdays through to 8:00 the next morning, and all day at weekends and on public holidays; closed Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, 23 June and 29 December to 3 January
- LanguagesThe hospital runs an International Medical Support Office with three foreign-patient coordinators, answering in English and Chinese on weekdays from 8:30 to 17:00, and says it will use interpretation tablets where no interpreter can come with you; it asks patients who cannot manage in Japanese to bring someone who can, and publishes an English patient page alongside a machine-translated site
- AccreditationJMIP (Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients), which the hospital states it obtained on 25 March 2024. It does not claim JCI
- Opened1980
- On the mapOpen in Google Maps
Naha’s municipal hospital, rehoused in a new ward block in October 2025, with 470 beds at Furujima a minute’s walk from the monorail. It is the only hospital on this page with a department for foreign patients: an International Medical Support Office staffed by three coordinators, answering in English and Chinese on weekdays, and JMIP accreditation obtained in March 2024. Its emergency department is a secondary one, for patients who need admission or surgery, and it says plainly what it does not do.
What it is known for
Being the city’s own hospital, and the one that has actually built something for a foreign patient. It states that it holds JMIP accreditation, obtained in March 2024, and it runs an International Medical Support Office with three foreign-patient coordinators who interpret at reception, in the consulting room, at the cashier and at the pharmacy, and translate certificates and consent forms. Behind that sit 470 beds, thirty-six departments, a regional cancer hub designation, a stroke centre and an intensive care unit. Its own figures put the emergency department at about 37,700 patients and 4,400 ambulance arrivals a year.
Who it suits
Anyone staying in Naha — Kokusai-dori, Makishi, the port, the airport end of the monorail — and anyone who needs to be dealt with in a language they have. It is a secondary emergency hospital, and that is the honest limit: it takes patients who need admission or surgery, and states that it does not provide psychiatric emergency care, cardiovascular surgery or specialised critical-care treatment, sending those cases elsewhere. It suits a planned visit far less well. The hospital says a referral and an appointment are required in principle, and that even with a letter you generally cannot be seen the same day.
Cost and insurance
A first visit without a referral letter carries 7,700 yen including tax on top of the consultation charge, and the same 7,700 yen is charged for using the emergency department outside clinic hours when the hospital judges the visit was not urgent — waived if you are admitted, and for road and workplace accidents. A visitor without Japanese health insurance pays the whole amount, billed at the hospital’s own rate. It states that overseas and private medical insurance cannot be used, that payment is in yen by cash or credit card with no electronic money, and that you must claim the money back yourself afterwards.
Getting there
Shiritsu Byoin-mae station on the Yui Rail monorail is a minute’s walk away, and Naha Bus routes 11 and 333 stop at Shiritsu Byoin-mae outside the gate; a free shuttle runs from the station and the bus stops. There are 227 parking spaces, charged at 100 yen for patients with a validated ticket. One thing to know before you set out: while the old building is being demolished, the way in is the emergency centre on the second floor, and the walking routes and the car park entrance have been changed. For anything urgent, dial 119 instead.
Details checked against the hospital’s own website, September 2026. Call before a non-urgent visit; in an emergency call 119 or the hospital’s own emergency line above. Travel information, not medical advice.
The other 2 hospitals in Okinawa
- University of the Ryukyus HospitalPublic, about 620 beds, Nishi-Futenma, Ginowan.
- Okinawa Prefectural Hokubu HospitalPublic, about 327 beds, Nago, northern Okinawa.